Reborn back to 1984

Chapter 64

This Zhang Liumao is really desperate for money. Zhang Tulin's grandfather is already 80 years old this year. In the [-]s, there are really not many people who can live to this age.

Shen Heying has always suspected that Zhang Liumao also sneaked into her house to steal things back then, and dug holes everywhere while no one was around, but it was difficult to settle accounts with him because he was not caught on the spot. Now I heard that he was treated at Zhang Tulin's house. Even when it was hailstorming up and down, I also went to watch: "Auntie, wait for me for a while, I will go with you!" After finishing speaking, he rushed to the living room in a hurry, took a big cattail fan, and rushed to the ground with Grandma Li. gone.

Zhang Xiuqing vaguely remembered that this kind of thing happened in her previous life, but at that time, in order to be with Shen Anlin, she lost her temper with her family every day, so she was not interested in inquiring about it at all.

After washing the dishes, Zhang Xiuqing walked into the living room, picked up her workbook, and was about to count how many finished products she had made today. Zhang Xiuqing's best little sister in the village was Song Chunmei, who was married to Shi Dongsheng in her previous life, and somehow alienated her after marriage. Walking into the courtyard of her house: "Xiuqing, do you have time to watch the excitement with me?"

In the previous life, Shi Dongsheng didn't express his feelings to her, Zhang Xiuqing didn't know the inside story, and was wronged once, but in this life, knowing the inside story, seeing Song Chunmei again, she felt very complicated.

Although she had no intention of Shi Dongsheng, she was still angered by Song Chunmei.She failed the college entrance examination, and Song Chunmei didn't say a word of comfort. Even if she met in the village by chance, she would not look sideways at her, and regarded her as air; Not even showing your face.Suddenly coming to look for her at this moment, it is absolutely impossible not to go to the Three Treasures Hall.

How can it be as good as I want, but I want to be worthy of my heart... Zhang Xiuqing nodded: "Wait for me, it will be ready soon!"

Song Chunmei twitched the corners of her lips, showing a stiff smile: "Okay, there's no rush, just wash slowly!"

Zhang Xiuhong was reading a book under the dim light. Hearing voices, she hurriedly dropped the book, first said hello to Song Chunmei, and then said to Zhang Xiuqing: "Sister, hurry up, I'll wash the rest of the dishes!"

Zhang Xiuqing was also embarrassed to keep Song Chunmei waiting too long, so she stood up and shook the water off her hands: "Okay, I'm leaving..."

Zhang Xiuhong waved her hand and made a gesture of not giving it away.

Zhang Xiuqing was a little worried, and said, "Stop reading, be careful of myopia!"

"Understood, I'll turn off the light when I finish reading that page..." Zhang Xiuhong pursed her lips unhappily, and muttered, "Mom scolded me just now, saying I wasted electricity."

Ever since the mother and daughter fell out last night, Shen Heying found Zhang Xiuhong not pleasing to the eye, and Zhang Xiuhong also had a big opinion on Shen Heying. Then, Zhang Xiuqing turned into a sandwich cake. One complained to her, and the other complained to her. big.

After all, family ugliness should not be publicized. In front of Song Chunmei, Zhang Xiuqing didn't want to persuade her too much, so she could only say vaguely: "The light is too dim, it is easy to damage your eyes. Be careful, if you become short-sighted, the villagers will tell you Nicknamed..."

In the 80s, the probability of myopia among primary and middle school students was very low. Only a few children in the village wore myopia glasses. I don’t know some naughty woman gave them a down-to-earth nickname—four-eyed dog, and then word spread and became a household name.

Zhang Xiuhong originally planned to read a few pages of the book after Zhang Xiuqing left, but when she heard this, she immediately gave up her mind: "I see, I'll do eye exercises right away after washing the dishes!"

Only then did Zhang Xiuqing feel relieved, and turned around to get a big fan from the house.

Song Chunmei walked over to flip through Zhang Xiuhong's math book on the stool: "My mother said that I am not the seed of reading, so I will not be allowed to read after finishing junior high... Xiuhong, you are so smart, you can understand even the heavenly books; Xiuqing , you are smarter, I remember when you were in school, you always took the first place..."

Due to the low level of education, old men and women are basically illiterate, middle-aged women basically only go to literacy classes, and young people basically don’t study in elementary school, which makes mathematics books called heavenly books. Zhang Xiuhong is modest He said calmly, "How could I understand without my teacher's teaching? I was going to ask my sister just now!"

Zhang Xiuqing came out of the room, and when she heard this, she couldn't help frowning: "You probably remembered wrongly. After entering junior high school, I only took the first place in the school once."

Song Chunmei laughed and said, "Don't be modest, you two are the smartest sisters in Xindong Village. If you can't even pass the college entrance examination, the others will not be able to pass the entrance examination!"

This sentence was full of praise and innuendo, but it was uncomfortable to hear, Zhang Xiuqing said with a deadpan face: "It's not smart, it's just hard work!"

Zhang Xiuhong added: "I'm a stupid bird, I can't compare to others, so I have to fly first."

Song Chunmei couldn't help sneering in her heart, and said in a joking tone: "Then am I worse than a stupid bird?"

Is this to catch up on the past, or to find fault?Zhang Xiuhong raised her head involuntarily, looking at Zhang Xiuqing and Song Chunmei for a while, her face was thoughtful.

Zhang Xiuqing took the lead to go outside: "Let's go!"

Song Chunmei glanced at the several cardboard boxes in the living room, then turned and followed.

The night was hazy, the sky was full of stars, and a first-quarter moon hung in the sky, illuminating the winding path under our feet.

The river is rushing, flowing to an unknown distance; insects are hiding in the grass and barking incessantly; the dog hears the footsteps and rushes out of the darkness, barking endlessly; , Men, women and children holding big palm-leaf fans, chattering about the immoral things Zhang Liumao has done over the years.

Side by side, the two walked slowly towards Zhang Tulin's house.

After not seeing each other for 30 years, Zhang Xiuqing searched her mind and wanted to say something, but found that she couldn't find a topic.

I haven't seen her for a month, and Song Chunmei is suffering a lot. She has a lot to say, but she doesn't know how to say it.

The two people who had nothing to talk about originally had nothing to say now. It was Zhang Xiuqing who broke the silence first: "I blew up with the original partner and talked to another one, you know?"

Song Chunmei raised her heart immediately, and asked tentatively, "Is that the college student named Shao Han?"

Zhang Xiuqing originally wanted to say no, but she was afraid that Song Chunmei might mistakenly think that she was interested in Shi Dongsheng, so she thought about it and said, "Don't worry about who he is, he's not from our village anyway."

Song Chunmei secretly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that Zhang Xiuqing must have noticed her small thoughts, her face was hot, and she wanted to hold Zhang Xiuqing's arm like in the past, and talk affectionately, but her arm stretched halfway, and then retracted return.

It's hard to start a friendship, but easy to end it.Song Chunmei is Zhang Xiuqing's best little sister, because Shi Dongsheng loves her house and loves Wu, so naturally Shi Dongsheng treats her differently from others.

At that time, Zhang Xiuqing was discussing with Shen Anlin, and Shi Dongsheng didn't dare to express his feelings. In order to see Zhang Xiuqing more, and to talk to her more, he always went to Song Chunmei when he had nothing to do. illusion.

Which boy is not passionate?Which girl is not pregnant?After several times, Song Chunmei fell in love with Shi Dongsheng.Because she was shy, she didn't dare to confess to Shi Dongsheng, and for some reason, she didn't tell Zhang Xiuqing that she liked Shi Dongsheng.

At this time, although the country has been promoting late marriage and childbearing, the concept of the older generation has not changed. After the child reaches the age of sixteen, parents will start to arrange marriage.

Song Chunmei waited with great anticipation for the matchmaker to come to her door to propose marriage. She waited for a year and a year, but in the end she waited for the news that Shi Dongsheng liked Zhang Xiuqing. That day, she hid behind the house crying until her eyes were swollen...

Why didn't she think of the phrase "green leaves lining red flowers"?Having been a green leaf for so many years without knowing it, she is still dreaming of spring and autumn, dreaming of marrying Shi Dongsheng, she is really stupid.

Looking back on the past, Song Chunmei only felt that she was a big fool, and it was not good to be friends with anyone, so she wanted to be friends with Zhang Xiuqing, and she wanted to humiliate herself: "Xiuqing, I heard that you plan to start a business, and you don't plan to go to high school again. Is it real?"

Zhang Xiuqing said softly.

Song Chunmei suddenly found out that Zhang Xiuqing was also stupid. She didn't want to find a way to get a job, and focused on being self-employed. No wonder people said she was poor and short-sighted.

The words were not speculative, and the two of them were thinking about their own thoughts. They walked to Zhang Tulin's house in silence all the way. I knew it belonged to Zhang Liumao.

Zhang Xiuqing took a closer look, and saw that Zhang Tulin's house, which had always been deserted, was busier than the vegetable market today. At a glance, it was densely packed and full of people.

Zhang's family is not rich, and they live in an old house with only three rooms, a stove room, a living room, and a bedroom.

There is a custom in southern Jiangsu that living people do not lie in the living room. In order to treat Zhang Liumao, Zhang Tulin had to clean up the bedroom and use it as an operating room.

Everyone stood on tiptoe and looked into the room.

Zhang Liumao was still screaming at the top of his lungs, and a few people who came early simply lay on the window. One of them was watching and telling the situation in the room to those who could not see: "... Zhang Liumao is lying on the ground. On the door panel, two people pressed hands and feet to prevent him from moving around... Zhang Tulin was bare-chested, holding a bamboo knife, and chopped Zhang Liumao's insteps to pieces like chopping pig's feet... Hey , It's so scary, all that comes out is black blood..."

The people behind squeezed forward desperately, and the person lying on the window turned around and shouted: "Stop squeezing, you will be squeezed to death..."

An aunt helped to maintain order: "Everyone, step back, step back..."

Many people shouted, "Tell me, what's going on now?"

Then the man spoke in a staccato tone: "Zhang Tulin put down the bamboo knife and squeezed the poisonous blood with both hands, Zhang Liumao's wife was crying... Zhang Tulin's father was afraid that Zhang Liumao would bite his tongue, so he asked someone to bring a towel , blocked his mouth... Zhang Tulin picked up the bamboo knife and began to chop the instep again... Zhang Liumao moved a few times and then stopped moving. I don't know if he died or passed out... Zhang Liumao's family The mother-in-law put her hand under his nose, probably to test if he had died... Well, the blood finally turned red... Zhang Tulin's father brought a bowl, and Zhang Tulin smashed the herbs in the bowl Put it on Zhang Liumao's instep, both father and son are sweating..."

There were many people, many dogs, and many mosquitoes. After Zhang Xiuqing stood on the road and listened for a while, she left alone on the pretext of worrying about her sister.

At about ten o'clock, Shen Heying and Grandma Li went home together. The two stood at the gate of the yard talking. Zhang Xiuhong was still asleep, so she heard it clearly, and couldn't help but feel scared for a while.Because more than half a month ago, her elder sister caught a snake with her bare hands, but fortunately, nothing happened.

The next morning, Zhang Xiuqing still got up at 05:30. After the sisters had breakfast, girls and daughters-in-law from the village came to the door in twos and threes. There were more people coming today than yesterday. They were doing handicrafts while discussing what happened last night.

At about nine o'clock, Zhang Xiuqing was about to go to the kitchen to make flatbreads, when Zhang Liumao's mother-in-law, Wang Fengzhu, suddenly came to her door and asked Zhang Xiuqing to pay her 200 yuan for medical expenses.

This is really weird, Zhang Liumao stole wild rice from the neighbor's house, and was bitten by Chi Lian snake, what's the matter with Guan Zhangxiuqing?A few young daughter-in-laws with sharp mouths started talking with each other.

"Your man is a thief, stealing other people's bamboo shoots, not doing work, but helping Xiuqing's family. Why do you have the nerve to ask her for medical expenses? Are you still shameless?"

"If Zhang Liumao had been my man, I would have chopped off his hands long ago. I didn't expect you to pamper him. No wonder the old saying, 'If you don't belong to the same family, don't enter the family!' It's really embarrassing."

"A thief bone, a cheap bone, they are all crazy about money!"

Someone started it, and everyone else blamed it.

Wang Fengzhu's face turned pale immediately, and she shouted angrily: "You are the ones who are crazy about money, you are the cheapest... Meddling your own business and eating farts, I advise you to meddle less. I There is a reason to ask Xiuqing for medical expenses!"

Zhang Xiuqing said "hehe" twice, and said, "Tell me, what is the reason?"

Wang Fengzhu tugged at the hem of her clothes, and tried to put on a dignified look: "My man didn't steal wild rice plants, but caught weetweeds, and wanted to sell them to your family to earn a pack of cigarettes. In the end, he was too old and blind, and regarded the red snake as a Huang Wei, I was bitten by it, I will not ask you for the medical expenses, who will I ask for?"

In front of so many people, Zhang Xiuqing was also drunk. Before she could answer, a young daughter-in-law next to her rushed to speak: "You fart, Song Caiying saw your man stealing sex with her own eyes, don't try to deny it."

Wang Fengzhu refused to admit it: "You are the one who farts, my man didn't steal it, so don't try to insult me!"

Zhang Xiuqing was too lazy to argue with her, so she asked Zhang Xiuhong to run errands and called Zhang Liumao's neighbor over.No one expected that the old lady who was still yelling at who stole from her house yesterday and who had broken her arms and legs changed her tune today and insisted that Zhang Liumao did not steal.

Either bought or threatened.

(End of this chapter)